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Archive For September 2004
Boe and Amanda Garrison, Edward Gonzales, Thelma S. Bailey, Dixie Lee...
September 30th, 2004
Thelma S. Bailey
Thelma S. Bailey, 88, of Clovis, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, in Logan.
Thelma Bailey was born on Dec. 13, 1915, in Atoka, Okla., to W.O. and Bessie Shelton.
She was a past presiden...
Southwest Mercantile to shut down
September 30th, 2004
Area shoppers will soon have one less place to shop for western wear, gifts and supplies. Main Street landmark Southwest Mercantile is going out of business.
Heather Duba, co-owner with her brother J...
Comcast Cares coming Saturday
September 30th, 2004
If last year was any example, a large number of people will be out at the Tucumcari Outdoor Classroom just north of Tucumcari Elementary School Saturday to take part in annual activity of Comcast Care...
Hospice eases pain of dying
September 30th, 2004
Jerry Klaverweiden, a former United Methodist minister, recently took over as administrator of Helping Hands Hospice. The local hospice provides free care and support to the dying and their loved ones...
Logan offers special program
September 30th, 2004
Logan Schools is looking to break the stereotype that states smaller school are not able to offer special art programs to their students. According to fine art and music instructor Angie Fly at Logan...
San Jon faces trash
September 30th, 2004
As with almost everyone in Quay County, the pulling out of the trash business by the Quay County Government is impacting the Village of San Jon.
According to San Jon Village Administrator Bobbye Rose...
Woman wins drama scholarship
September 30th, 2004
Rita Martinez of Conchas Dam has been awarded the New Mexico Outdoor Drama Scholarship by the Mesalands Community College Foundation.
The scholarship was established in 1997 and is available to Mesa...
Chamber of Commerce guide nears completion
September 30th, 2004
The Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce will begin sending out a new visitor guide soon that will highlight Tucumcari, Logan and San Jon restaurants, shops and motels. The 16-page color brochure...
San Jon defeats Clovis Christian
September 30th, 2004
The San Jon Coyotes defeated Clovis Christian High School 44-30 at San Jon’s football homecoming Saturday. The Coyotes used a balanced attack in it’s second win in four games. San Jon Coach Eric R...
Lady Rattlers fall to Clayton
September 30th, 2004
Tucumcari High School’s Saturday volleyball game against Clayton was not the game it should have been according to head coach Alicia Trujillo as Tucumcari lost 20-25, 25-20, 25-12, 25-21.
The Tucum...
House wins one, loses one
September 30th, 2004
The House HIgh School Volleyball Team was active over the past week and took on two different teams since Friday.
They went against San Jon and defeated them 25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 25-16 on Friday mak...
Local LDS branch changes leadership
September 30th, 2004
The Tucumcari Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted stake officials who visited from Amarillo to release Hoyt Skabelund as Branch President and install new leadership at th...
Trinity Baptist to hold concert
September 30th, 2004
Country gospel singer Myra Green will be coming to Trinity Baptist Church Sunday, Oct. 3 to perform in a special free concert at the church according to Trinity Baptist representative Linda Danwerth.
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Rattlers face tough test at Texico
September 29th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team comes off a loss to NMMI and now must face defending Class A state champion Texico Friday night. The Wolverines are 4-0, and they have already beaten Clayton 47...
New turbines on the way
September 29th, 2004
In the space of three months, wind turbines will be sprouting up along the edge of the caprock.
In fact, the initial work has already begun regarding the building of the 80 new turbines to be adminis...
Snoring can be a problem (crime?)
September 26th, 2004
It was a real sonic boom the other night, honest. It was not me. It really wasn’t. This time I have witnesses. OK, OK, I might snore a little bit, although I’m still hesitant to admit I do. Just t...
Political posturing becomes tiresome
September 26th, 2004
From the beginning of the party conventions to Election Day, we are literally battered by politics -- to the point that we might begin to feel more than a little brainwashed if not totally brain dead....
Area couple die in cycle accident
September 26th, 2004
A Tucumcari High School graduate and a Grady Methodist pastor — a husband and wife remembered for their love of God and outgoing personalities — died together shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday in a m...
Registration for voters stepping up
September 26th, 2004
Quay County Cleark Jeannette Maddaford said more than 6,000 Quay County residents have registered to vote in the Nov. 2 General Election. Maddaford is busy signing up more voters.
“People are respo...
Logan to get new motel
September 26th, 2004
The small town of Logan is trying to grow. A new business currently under construction should help to serve one of the various needs of a community on the rise.
Logan entrepreneur Gary Knight is curr...
Documentary featuring locals wins Emmy
September 26th, 2004
A documentary featuring work in Tucumcari and five other New Mexico Route 66 communities to restore historic neon signs has won the Rocky Mountain Emmy, the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division a...
Stephanie Renee Gutierrez
September 26th, 2004
Stephanie Renee Gutierrez, 21, died on Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 in Albuquerque.
Stephanie Gutierrez was born Feb. 8, 1983 in Albuquerque. At the time of her death she was a student studying to be a dent...
As season continues House gets better
September 26th, 2004
In the last four days, the House High School volleyball team has played two different opponents and they won one and lost one.
Against Floyd High School on Tuesday, the House girls took the volleybal...
Rattlers fall to NMMI
September 26th, 2004
The New Mexico Military Institute football team scored two quick touchdowns to open the second half as they put away the Tucumcari Rattlers 58-36 at Tucumcari’s homecoming.
Rattler Coach Dub Smith...
Homecoming goes well
September 26th, 2004
According to the administrators at Tucumcari High School, all in all, 2004’s homecoming was a success.
“I think everything went very well,” said Tucumcari High School Principal Gary Salazar of...
Local man contracts West Nile
September 23rd, 2004
According to the New Mexico Department of Public Health, a 45-year-old Quay County man contracted the West Nile Virus sometime in August. Beth Velasquez, a spokesperson for the health department, sa...
Mesalands gains accreditation
September 23rd, 2004
Mesalands Community College school officials have received official notice of 10 years of accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, a unit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Sch...
Man killed in I-40
September 23rd, 2004
According to New Mexico State Police, a tractor trailer traveling in the westbound lanes of I-40 near milepost 314, drifted into the eastbound lanes Sunday morning, striking a sport utility vehicle dr...
City discusses trash
September 23rd, 2004
Taking a page from the Quay County Commissioners’ book, Tucumcari City Commissiones began discussing trash disposal Tuesday evening. Tucumcari City Manager Richard Primrose explained to the commissi...
Conchas plants, cleans up
September 23rd, 2004
Conchas Lake State Park saw 97 volunteers come out Saturday, to donate their time to help make that state park look a little better in the future. “I think it was wonderful,” said Park Ranger Juli...
Former area DA placed on memorial
September 23rd, 2004
Victor Breen, former tenth judicial district court district attorney, based in Quay County, was honored Monday at a ceremony in South Carolina attended by district attorneys from around the nation.
B...
Developers clash with officials
September 23rd, 2004
Two area developers with big plans for Ute Lake have met resistance from officials who fear development may contaminate the lake’s water, reserved as a future drinking supply for residents of Easter...
CBS controversy touches Tucumcari
September 23rd, 2004
The man at the center of CBS’ Reports questioning President Bush’s National Guard service once served as a commander of one of Tucumcari’s New Mexico National Guard Headquarters Battery, said hi...
Amistad Charter School sponsosrs political forum
September 23rd, 2004
Amistad Charter School is sponsoring an ice cream social and pie auction at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, to provide an opportunity for the public to meet the political candidates for Northeastern New M...
Tucumcari Library holds 'Story Time'
September 23rd, 2004
According to Tucumcari Public Library Technician Erica Lopez, registration time has arrived for Story Time at the Library.
“This year we’re going to be doing something different,” said Lopez. W...
First Baptist Chruch Round up features fiddler
September 23rd, 2004
Sunday, Sept. 26 will not be an average Sunday at Tucumcari’s First Baptist Church.
In fact, according to First Baptist Associate Pastor Dan England, Sunday will be something markedly out of the or...
Logan rambles to 52-32 victory
September 23rd, 2004
The Logan High School Football team relied on its running game to frustrate the Tatum Coyotes Saturday at Logan. The final score was 52-32. Tatum did not score their points until the second half.
Log...
Mesalands rodeoers compete
September 23rd, 2004
A relatively inexperienced Mesalands Community College Rodeo Team traveled to Eastern New Mexico University in Portales to participate and co-sponsor the season’s first intercollegiate rodeo.
“Ou...
House loses one, wins two at Roy
September 23rd, 2004
The House volleyball team came out of the Roy Tournament with a good feeling about the rest of the season. The House squad lost one and won two. The Cowgirls lost to Floyd in three 25-17, 25-14, 25-11...
Rattlers prepare for NMMI
September 22nd, 2004
Tucumcari High School’s head football coach Dub Smith must prepare his team for the toughest game so far this season. The Rattlers are studying their opponent, New Mexico Military Institute, amidst...
Hospital gets new top administrator
September 22nd, 2004
As the staff of the Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital wished good-bye to administrator Hoyt Skabelund Monday afternoon, they also said hello to the interim administrator for the hospital, D. Rush.
“Tu...
Thoughts on a moving experience
September 19th, 2004
For those of you contemplating moving in the near future, a word of advice. Don’t!
Even if your house is burning down around you and your moustache is getting singed as you stand there (women reade...
Sick tire interrupts Sunday journey
September 19th, 2004
Although Aggie wanted to write this column, she lost the battle because she is still storming around expressing her disgust over our Sunday drive and hasn’t begun to get her vocabulary under control...
Billie Evellyn Marie Sanders Selman
September 19th, 2004
Billie Evelyn Marie Sanders Selman, 70, of Clovis died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004 at her home in Clovis.
Billie Selman was born on March 29, 1934 in Clovis to Robert Burdette and Dora Marie Bryson Higgins...
'Trek for Trash' set for Saturday
September 19th, 2004
The heads of the Tucumcari Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Tucumcari are looking forward to next weekend’s Trek for Trash which according to Yvette Fezekas, Beautification Coordinator for t...
'Dayze' off to good start
September 19th, 2004
The first day of Quay County Heritage Dayze went well said Tucumcari Historical Museum Director Bruce Nutt, who is also the director of the county’s Heritage Dayze and he feels that Saturday, (Sept....
Local artists paint gourds
September 19th, 2004
Three area artist traveled to Taos yesterday to submit gourds they had painted for a special benefit art show of nothing but painted gourds called, “Out of your gourd”.
The three, Sharon and Doug...
Organization attempts to curb smoking among youth
September 19th, 2004
According to high school instructor Antonio Pacheco the Tucumcari High/Middle school organization “Too Smart to Smoke” is off to a good start this year. Group members have high hopes and plans for...
Bingaman aide visits Tucumcari
September 19th, 2004
A representative from U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman’s Roswell office will be available in Tucumcari Tuesday to visit with residents in the Quay County area about problems or concerns with federal gover...
Football standout on sidelines for senior season
September 19th, 2004
Nick Wiegel, a 2003 all-state defensive end, and second team all-state tight end for the Tucumcari High School football team, is out for the season due to a knee injury. Wiegel said it has been a diff...
Logan Bass Club hosts tournament
September 19th, 2004
The 13th annual Ute Lake Open bass tournament is coming to Logan Oct. 2-3. Bob Rutter, of the Logan Bass Club, said the tournament draws a big crowd for early fall.
“We should have between 50-60 tw...
House Cowgirls lose to Santa Rosa
September 19th, 2004
In an away game at Santa Rosa, the House Cowgirls dropped three of four to Santa Rosa Tuesday evening. 18-25, 11-25, 25-19, 7-25.
“We’re a young team,” said House head volleyball coach Mark Fou...
50 out for Mesalands Rodeo
September 19th, 2004
According to Mesalands Community College Public Information Director John Yearout, 50 students are participating this year with the Mesalands Rodeo Team.
Yearout said the 50 athletes come both from a...
United Way begins local fund drive
September 19th, 2004
Members of the United Way of Quay County are raising funds for the charitable organization. The annual fund drive is now in progress throughout Quay County until well into November.
Pat Sparks, a Uni...
Confirmattion meeting Tuesday
September 19th, 2004
Representatives of St. Anne’s Catholic Church announced this week that there would be a special orientation/registration meeting for students in grades 10-12 (and their parents) who wish to particip...
Rattlers win convincingly, 40-13
September 18th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team improved to 4-0 on the season with a 40-13 win over the Raton Tigers at Rattler Stadium Friday night. Rattler Coach Dub Smith said his team’s defense was a ke...
Hospital administrator to leave city
September 18th, 2004
When Hoyt Skabelund came to Tucumcari three and a half years ago in 2001, he was an unknown quantity.
But most people in the city knew that the hospital needed someone. It had reached a point where so...
New teachers begin jobs in Logan, House
September 16th, 2004
Three new teachers have been hired by the Logan school district, two new teachers in House and one in San Jon. The Ag teachers in House and San Jon were out of town this week for state fair, so their...
Louise Epperson
September 16th, 2004
Louise Epperson, 78, died Sept. 10, 2004 in Amarillo.
Louise Epperson was born in Chattanooga Aug. 27 1926. She and her husband W.F. Epperson moved to Tucumcari in 1992.
She is survived by her daughte...
Heritage Dayze features activities
September 16th, 2004
Bruce Nutt, the director of the Tucumcari Historical Museum, said everything is in place for Quay County Heritage Dayze.
“It should be great,” said Nutt. “We’ve got people coming from all over...
Trash controversy continues
September 16th, 2004
County Commissioners are still talking trash at their meetings. As they met Monday, ten different individuals from rural Quay County were in attendance to state that they were not enthused with the wa...
Air show offers high-flying fun
September 16th, 2004
The Tucumcari Rotary Club Air Show is set for Sept. 29 at the Tucumcari Municipal Airport. The Rotary Club’s Bob McClelland, Jr. said up to 40 planes will be on display, many of them performing aero...
RVers give to state cops
September 16th, 2004
TucumSams, a local group of recreational vehicle enthusiasts, recently donated a large number of blankets to the New Mexico State Police and state police. Lt. Nathan Wallace of the said the blankets...
State to host tree workshop
September 16th, 2004
A Tucumcari event next week will feature windbreak establishment and hands-on programs.
The New Mexico State Forestry Division, along with the El Llano Estacado Resource and Conservation Development...
Girl Scouts pushing for more members
September 16th, 2004
Tucumcari representatives of the Girl Scouts announced that they will be putting on a major push this month for their fall registration event to be held in the Dance Room of the Tucumcari Recreation C...
Blood drive Saturday
September 16th, 2004
The Tucumcari Community Blood Drive will be taking place Saturday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tucumcari High School Gymnasium. It is being sponsored by Tucumcari High School.
The coordina...
Bowling returns to Tucumcari
September 16th, 2004
Dawayne Malone, owner of Mountain View Bowl on S. Lake Street, has reopened Tucumcari’s only bowling alley after a summer respite. Bowling leagues are forming and league play begins the week of Sept...
Rattlers face AAA Raton
September 16th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team takes on Raton this Friday night at Rattler Stadium, 7 p.m., and if last year is any indication, Tucumcari will be victorious.
Last season, Tucumcari beat Rato...
Dancers come to auditorium
September 15th, 2004
The history of Eastern Europe has long been one of contradictions. On one hand, it has been a place of almost constant warfare, yet on the other it has produced composers and artists that have defined...
New teachers join Tucumcari faculty
September 15th, 2004
The Tucumcari School System hired seven new teachers at their three schools. Two are teaching at the elementary school. One is teaching at the middle school and four are at the high school.
Elementar...
Rattlers head east
September 15th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team is looking to go 3-0 for the season when the Estancia Bears host the Rattlers Friday Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.
Tucumcari has beaten Mora 42-6 and Crownpoint 42-8.
Esta...
Labor office stays open
September 15th, 2004
The New Mexico Department of Labor’s Tucumcari office will remain open indefinitely, according to Carlos Castaneda, the labor department’s public information officer.
The local office at 421 W. T...
Girls lose three of four
September 15th, 2004
It was a loss for the Tucumcari Rattler Volleyball Team Tuesday evening at the Tucumcari Elementary School Gymnasium as they played Elida, but it was one that was heartening for both the coach and the...
Private digs catching on at Mesalands
September 15th, 2004
It didn’t look like much.
Michael Wood dug and scraped at the Quay County soil. He searched for bones — prehistoric bones — though he wasn’t sure exactly what they looked like.
And then he s...
Summer ends at area lakes
September 15th, 2004
On Labor Day afternoon, many visitors to Ute Lake and Conchas Lake were pulling boats and jet skis out of the water, perhaps for the last time this year. Tara Carter, administrator for Ute Lake State...
Presidential politics - TV style
September 6th, 2004
I admit I am not too politically savvy. I mean you’re reading the column of a man who picked Herbert Hoover to win the last Presidential election and he had been dead for 60 years.
Generally that...
Old Route 66 offers relaxing drive
September 6th, 2004
The people who live in the San Jon area are undoubtedly pleased to have the new bridge over Revuelto Creek because they no longer have to fight I-40 traffic.
Those of us who enjoy Sunday drives are...
Tucumcari drops three to Grady
September 6th, 2004
The Grady Bronchos came to Tucumcari to play Volleyball and play the young team did defeating the Tucumcari Rattlers 25-17, 25-19, 25-13.
Despite the defeat, Rattler Coach Alicia Trujillo said she fe...
Coyotes lose to Patriots
September 6th, 2004
The San Jon High School football team stormed to a 32-6 lead against San Jacinto Christian Academy Friday afternoon, but the Coyotes ran out of steam in the second half, losing 64-32.
Things looked b...
Municipal League meeting deemed success
September 6th, 2004
After three days, the Municipal League Meeting that brought almost 700 individuals to Tucumcari has ended.
Those 684 attending the conference went to meetings, took part in demonstrations, listened t...
Fund raiser for monument scheduled
September 6th, 2004
It has been a long time coming, but the granite stones that will make Veterans’ Park, Veterans’ Memorial Park are a little closer because Lydia Fazekas is back on the job of trying to raise funds...
Judge keeps busy
September 6th, 2004
From the beginning of July until Aug. 26, Municipal Court Judge Joe Dominguez has seen around 350 motorists inside his court for various traffic violations.
Dominguez said the high number of motorist...
Rattlers win big, 42-8
September 6th, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team traveled 300 miles to soundly defeat the Crownpoint Eagles 42-8 Friday night.
All-State running back Eric Holt scored five touchdowns for the game and ran for...
Governor give GTEDC $1.5 Million
September 6th, 2004
Governor Bill Richardson came to Quay County Friday morning and before he left, the Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corporation had a commitment for $1.5 million.
According to representatives...
NM Municipal League begins 47th annual conference
September 2nd, 2004
For the second time in its 47 years of existence, the New Mexico Municipal League is holding it annual meeting in Tucumcari.
Because the meeting which officially begins today has brought over 600 mem...
Housing authority gets grant
September 2nd, 2004
The Tucumcari Housing Authority was recently awarded a grant of more than $180,000 trom the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Tucumcari’s housing authority director, Robert Pacheco,...
Lounges offer free transport
September 2nd, 2004
Two Route 66 lounges, the Trails Westand the Pow Wow, now offer free rides home to patrons who have had too much to drink.
Karen Alarcon, co-owner of Trails West, said she hopes customers will take...
Former Tucumcarian turns 100
September 2nd, 2004
Mary Goldenberg, who lived in Tucumcari from 1919 until just five years ago, will celebrate her 100th birthday Sept. 10 at the Vida Encantada Assisted Living Center in Las Vegas.
Goldenberg said keep...
County officials, MCC board share ideas for improvement
September 2nd, 2004
Quay County Commissioners and the Mesalands Community College Board of Trustees recently met to discuss ways the two entities can continue to work together to improve the community. The two groups me...
Free lunches available
September 2nd, 2004
Tucumcari Public School officials received good news recently when they were notified that students would not have to wait until November for free lunches.
Free lunches are now available to all studen...
Girl Scouts collect newspapers
September 2nd, 2004
The Tucumcari Girl Scouts will be holding a newspaper drive Saturday, Sept. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mesalands Community College on 11th Street.
Representatives of the Girl Scouts said they encourag...
Rattlers compete at Crownpoint
September 2nd, 2004
The Tucumcari High School football team will take a long road trip Friday when they take on Crownpoint High School at 7 p.m. Friday night. Crownpoint High School is located 25 miles north of the Thore...
Longhorns take match from Rattlers
September 2nd, 2004
It took the Logan Longhorns five games to defeat Tucumcari in Volleyball Saturday evening, but when they headed east on U.S. 54 they were a happy group.
They had won 23-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-13 and 15...
Most area schools meet standards
September 2nd, 2004
Tucumcari Public Schools recently met requirements established by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. That is good news for Tucumcari Middle School which had previously been on probation for failing...
